#BCD356#BCD356

#BCD356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.152 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD356
RGB	rgb(188, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 59.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -25.12, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 63.06, 113.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0729 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.152 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7137, 57.9521, 17.5799)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD356 #6D56D3

analogous

#D3AB56 #BCD356 #7DD356

triadic

#BCD356 #56BCD3 #D356BC

tetradic

#BCD356 #56D3AB #6D56D3 #D3567D

square

#BCD356 #56D3AB #6D56D3 #D3567D

split-complementary

#BCD356 #567DD3 #AB56D3

monochromatic

#788B24 #A2BB31 #BCD356 #CFE087 #E3ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BCD356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#BCD356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD356

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD356	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.152 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e08a',
    500: '#bcd356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd356;
$custom-light: #d3e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.04,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82507,
    "c": 0.15204,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD356

secondary

#4C3C91

accent

#46E263

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD356

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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